UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

462 Psychology
interpretation of quantitative data in psychology.
Not open for credit to students who have completed
course 103.—I. (I.) Blozis, Grimm, Widaman
103B. Statistical Analysis of Psychological
Data (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 103A and
Statistics 13 or 102. Pass 1 open to Psychology
majors. Probability theory, sampling distributions,
hypothesis testing, statistical inference, one-way and
two-way analysis of variance, nonparametric statistics,
with applications in psychology. Not open for
credit to students who have completed course
105.—II, III. (II, III.) Blozis, Ferrer, Grimm, Widaman
104. Applied Psychometrics: An
Introduction to Measurement Theory (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing
in Psychology, courses 41 and 103, Statistics
13. Examination of the basic principles and applications
of classical and modern test theory. Topics
include test construction, reliability theory, validity
theory, factor analysis and latent trait theory.—
Grimm, Widaman
107. Questionnaire and Survey Research
Methods (4)
Lecture/discussion—2 hours; laboratory/discussion—2
hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor;
course 1; course 41 or an equivalent course on
social or behavioral research methods. Introduction
to survey and questionnaire research methods with
emphasis on how to ask questions. Social and psychological
factors that influence survey response.
Practical aspects of fielding survey and questionnaire
research. Limited enrollment. Not offered every
year.—Herek
109. Interactive Computer Programming
for Psychological Experiments (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 41 and one of course 100, 130, or 132 and
consent of instructor. Instruction in programming with
an emphasis on programming desktop computers as
an interactive research tool. Not open for credit to
students who have completed course 181. (Former
course 181.)
113. Developmental Psychobiology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—2 hours. Prerequisite:
course 101. The biology of behavioral development;
survey and integration of the organismic and environmental
processes that regulate the development
of behavior.—I, II. (II, III.) Schank, Owings
120. Agent-Based Modeling (4)
Lecture/laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course
100 or 101. Introduction to agent-based computer
simulation and analysis with emphasis on learning
how to model animals, including humans, to achieve
insight into social and group behavior. Limited
enrollment.—Schank
121. Physiological Psychology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
courses 1, 41, 101. Pass 1 open to Psychology
majors. Relationship of brain structure and function
to behavior, motivation, emotion, language, and
learning in humans and other animals. Methodology
of physiological psychology and neuroscience. Not
open for credit to students who have completed
course 108. (Former course 108.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Bales, Krubitzer
122. Advanced Animal Behavior (4)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 101 or Neurobiology, Physiology, and
Behavior 102. Pass 1 open to Psychology majors.
Advanced integrative survey of biological principles
of behavioral organization, emphasizing historical
roots, current research directions, conceptual issues
and controversies. Laboratory exercises on the
description and analysis of the behavior of captive
and free living animals. (Same course as Neurobiology,
Physiology, and Behavior 150.) Not open for
credit to students who have completed course 150.
(Former course 150.)—III. (III.) Owings, Scheib
123. Hormones and Behavior (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Neurobiology, Physiology,
and Behavior 101 and either course 101 or
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 102. Pass
1 open to Psychology majors. Endocrine physiology
with an emphasis on the principles of behavior. Fundamental
relationships between hormones and various
behaviors engaged in by the organism during its
lifetime. Role of hormones in behavioral homeostasis,
social behavior, reproductive behavior, parental
behavior, adaptation to stress. (Same course as Neurobiology,
Physiology, and Behavior 152.) Not open
for credit to students who have completed course
152. (Former course 152.)—III. (III.) Bales
124. Comparative Neuroanatomy (4)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—2 hours. Prerequisite:
course 101 or Neurobiology, Physiology, and
Behavior 100 or 101. Overview of the neuroanatomy
of the nervous system in a variety of mammalian
and non-mammalian vertebrates. Examine
changes or modifications to neural structures as a
result of morphological or behavioral specializations.
(Same course as Neurobiology, Physiology,
and Behavior 124.)—II. (II.) Krubitzer, Recanzone
126. Health Psychology (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, 41, 101.
Pass 1 open to Psychology majors only. Psychological
factors influencing health and illness. Topics
include stress and coping, personality and health,
symptom perception and reporting, heart disease,
cancer, compliance, and health maintenance and
promotion. Not open for credit to students who have
completed course 160.—II, III. (II, III.) Capitanio,
Emmons
127. Animal Cognition (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper or discussion—1 hour.
Prerequisite: courses 1, 41, 101. Pass 1 open to Psychology
majors. Integrative review of the historical
backdrop, theoretical issues, and scientific methods
of studying animal cognition in a wide range of species.
Emphasis on learning processes, pattern recognition,
and the neurobiology of learning and
memory. Not open for credit to students who have
completed course 134. (Former course 134.)—II.
(II.) Coss
128. Information Processing Models in
Neuroscience and Psychology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Mathematics
16B, Physics 7B, course 101 or Neurobiology,
Physiology, and Behavior 100. Pass 1 open to
Psychology majors. Basic mathematical modeling
techniques used in neuroscience and psychology.
Specific topics include linear systems theory, Fourier
transforms, neural networks, adaptive systems, probabilistic
inference and information theory. Emphasis
on understanding information processing in neural
systems. (Same course as Neurobiology, Physiology,
and Behavior 163.) Not open for credit to students
who have completed course 163. (Former course
163.)—(II.) Olshausen
129. Sensory Processes (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1,
41, 101. Pass 1 open to Psychology majors. Psychobiology
of sensory systems in humans and other animals.
The relationship of behavior to the physiology,
structure, and function of the senses. GE credit:
Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III) Krubitzer
130. Human Learning and Memory (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
courses 1, 41, 100, and either Statistics 13 or 102;
or consent of instructor. Consideration of major theories
of human learning and memory with critical
examination of relevant experimental data.—I, II, III.
(I, II, III.) Ranganath, Yonelinas
131. Perception (4)
Lecture—3 hours; independent library work. Prerequisite:
courses 1, 41. The cognitive organizations
related to measurable physical energy changes
mediated through sensory channels. The perception
of objects, space, motion, events.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Post, Whitney
132. Language and Cognition (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses
1, 41, 100; or consent of instructor. Introduction to
the cognitive processes involved in language comprehension
and production. Topics include the biological
foundations of language, speech perception,
word recognition, syntax, reading ability, and pragmatics.—I,
II, III. (II, III.) Long, Swaab, Traxler
135. Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biological
Foundations of the Mind (4)
Lecture—3 hours; writing. Prerequisite: courses 1,
41, and 100 or 131, or consent of instructor; course
101, 121, or 129 recommended. Neuroscientific
foundations of higher mental processes including
attention, memory, language, higher-level perceptual
and motor processes, and consciousness. Emphasis
on the neural mechanisms which form the substrates
of human cognition, and the relationship of mind to
brain.—I, II. (I, II.) Janata, Mangun, Raganath
136. Psychology of Music (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:
courses 1, 41, and either 100 or 131 or Music
6C; or consent of instructor. Introduction to the mental
and neural representations of musical structures
and processes involved in perceiving, remembering,
and performing music. Music and emotion.—Janata
140. Developmental Psychology (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 1, 41. Pass 1
open to Psychology majors. Ontogenetic account of
human behavior through adolescence with emphasis
on motor skills, mental abilities, motivation, and
social interaction. Two units of credit allowed to students
who have completed Human Development
100A or 100B. Not open for credit to students who
have completed course 112. (Former course 112.)—
I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Ghetti, Gibbs, Goodman, Lagattuta,
Oakes
141. Cognitive Development (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Human
Development 100A or 100B or course 140. Pass 1
restricted to Human Development or Psychology
majors. Theories, methods, evidence, and debates in
the field of cognitive development, such as nature/
nurture, constraints on learning, and the role of plasticity.
Topics include attention, memory, concepts
about the physical and social world, and language.
(Same course as Human Development 101.) GE
credit: Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Chen, Ghetti, Gibbs,
Goodman, Graf Estes, Lagattuta, Rivera
142. Social and Personality Development
(4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Human
Development 100A or 100B or course 140. Pass 1
open to Human Development or Psychology majors.
Social and personality development of children,
infancy through adolescence. Topics include the
development of personality, achievement motivation,
self-understanding, sex-role identity, and antisocial
behavior. Emphasis on the interface between biological
and social factors. (Same course as Human
Development 102.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—I, II, III.
(I, II, III.) Conger, Gibbs, Robins, Thompson
143. Infant Development (4)
Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour; extensive
writing. Prerequisite: courses 1 and 41, and
either course 140 or Human Development 100A.
Psychological development in infancy. Topics include
physical and motor development, sensory and nervous
system development, and memory and cognitive
development. Emphasis will be on evaluating
theories, empirical research, and experimental methods
for understanding infant development.—II. (II.)
Oakes
146. The Development of Memory (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: courses
1, 41. Pass 1 open to Psychology majors. Theory
and research on memory development with focus on
infancy and childhood. Not open for credit to students
who have completed course 133. (Former
course 133.)—II. (III.) Ghetti, Goodman, Rivera
148. Developmental Disorders (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:
courses 1, 41, and either 140 or 141 or
Human Development 100A or 100B. Current scientific
knowledge of the influences of biological, cognitive,
and environmental factors on the emergence of
disorders with onset in childhood. Examples include
autism spectrum, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia and dyscal-
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience